Broom mop or the like



Feb. 22, 1944. w. HERTZBERG BROOM MOP OR THE LIKE Filed April 20. 1942INVENTOR' WILLIFIH HEATZ BERG ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 22, 1944 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE BROOM M? OR THE LIKE William Hertzberg, New York,N. Y.

Application April 20, 1942, Serial No. 439,618

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in mops and relates moreparticularly to improvements in that type of mop known as a broom mop,wherein the mop proper may be detachably positioned on the head of thebroom, the handle of said broom serving as the handle of the mop.

head of the broom and which may be simply and conveniently positioned orremoved from the head of a broom or the like.

Another object of my invention is to provide a broom mop which may beconveniently cleaned or washed.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a broom mop as aboveset forth wherein the mop fibers are so positioned on the sheath thatthey be secured thereto in the simplest and most facile manner andwherein the resulting mop possesses a relatively large dusting capacity.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a broom mop whereinthe mop proper is attached to the head of a broom by means of a sheathor jacket completely enclosing the head of the broom, thus preventingaccumulation or aggregation of dust or other foreign matter on thebristles of the broom.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the followingdescription and drawing which illustrates a preferred embodimentthereof, it being understood that the abovestatementof the objects of myinvention is intended generally to explain the same without limiting itin any manner.

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view showing my improved mop positioned ona broom.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational View of the mop with one of the flaps inopen position.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a cut blank which forms the sheath portion ofthe mop.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view along line 4- of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view along line 5-5 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the head of a broom having theusual handle 8, said broom head being shown enveloped by the sheath orjacket 9, which sheath or jacket forms part of my improved mop. Thesheath or jacket 9 is formed from a single blank Iii which may be of anysuitable material such as muslin, cretonne or the like. The dustingportion of the mop consists of a plurality of mop fibers ll of anysuitable material, said mop fibers secured to the blank lil by means ofa series of parallel longitudinal lines of stitches 13, the ends of saidlines of stitches being alternately joined by the transverse lines ofstitches [4, so that the manufacture of the article may be expedited bythe formation of a continuous line of stitching.

The blank I0 is folded along its transverse axis and the adjacent edgesof one side thereof are inwardly folded and sewn together from thebottom to a point just beyond the top shoulder of the'resulting article.The lower adjacent edges at the opposite side of the jacket are alsoinwardly folded and sewn together along line ll. Finishing the freeedges of the jacket are the inwardly formed hems l9 and extending fromsaid free edges are the pairs of fastening extensions or ribbons 29,said ribbons or extensions 20 being provided for the purpose of securingthe jacket or sheath to the broom head and for substantially enclosingthe broom head within the sheath. In place of the fastening ribbons 29any other well known fastening means may be substituted such as slidefasteners, snap fasteners or the like. While the embodiment illustratedis of trapezoidal shape, any desirable shape may be employed dependingon the shape of the broom head with which the mop is to be used.

The mop is easily and conveniently positioned on the head of a broom byseparating the free edges of the sheath 9 and inserting the broombetween said edges and into said sheath. Thereafter the sheath is snuglyfitted and secured onto the broom head by tying the fastening ribbons20. The mop may just as easily be removed from the broom when it isdesired to use the broom as such or when it is desired to clean the mop.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clearthat numerous alterations and omissions can be made without departingfrom its spirit.

I claim:

A broom mop of the class described, comprising: an elongated blank, ofwoven material, the central area of which forms a mop portion and theend area of which forms a sheath portion; a plurality of mop fibers; asingle continuous line of stitching securing said mop fibers to thecentral mop portion of said blank; said stitches consisting of a seriesof parallel longitudinal lines of stitches alternately joined at theopposite ends thereof by transverse lines of stitches, said singlecontinuous line of stitching having the ends thereof disposed at thelongitudinal edges of said elongated blank in the mop portion of thecentral area thereof; said mop fibers at the points of attachmentthereof being transversely disposed with relation to said continuousline of stitches; said blank being folded along its transverse medianaxis with the mop fibers on the 10 outer surfaces thereof, the opposededges of the mop portions and one side of the sheath portion beingpermanently secured, and means to detachabiy connect the remaining edgesof the sheath portion, the said ends of the single continuous line ofstitching being secured with the opposed edges of the mop portions,whereby said ends are retained and the tendency thereof to ravel iseliminated.

WILLIAM HERTZBERG.

